When I was trying without success to narrow down phone case options, I noticed that two of my favorites were from the same company (Bfun), so I thought I’d search just cases by that company to see if I’d managed to miss any, despite going through so many pages of search results that I was starting to get wild mismatches such as bath toys. And, in the sort of situation that makes me freak out because WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING, there were a TON of cases I hadn’t seen yet, including a GREEN one that hadn’t come up in the search results when I specifically searched GREEN. (Green is one of my favorite colors, and it can be hard to find.)
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It has green in the title! It has the name of my new phone in the title! I searched for the name of my phone + the word green! WHY DIDN’T THIS OPTION APPEAR?
But also, why didn’t any of THESE other options appear, especially when I was putting three of their siblings into my shopping cart?
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Pink floral paisley! I love pink! I love floral! I love paisley! I have pink phone cases, paisley phone cases, floral phone cases, and phone cases of this brand IN MY SHOPPING CART. WHITHER PERTINENT SUGGESTION, AMAZON??
What is THIS rampant cuteness and why is it not on the first page of search results for ANYONE looking for a phone case??
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PENGUINS WITH BALLOONS ARE YOU EVEN SERIOUS RIGHT NOW??
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My very early childhood as a phone case:
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The entire musical Godspell as a phone case:
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I COULD NOT LOVE THIS MORE:
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(Actually I would love it a little more if the flap lined up with the design or else were a solid color, rather than duplicating part of the design in smaller format.)
I would understand if you were getting a little tired of paisley, but I am not:
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A DAINTY FLORAL IN SWISTLE BLUE (other people might call it Tiffany Blue, but we all know who thought of it first):
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WHIMSICAL BIRDIES WITH KICK-BACK FEETIES:
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Anyway. Suffice it to say I will never be able to choose. I give up. I will just let the phone go naked. Or else I will order a dozen phone cases to stave off potential regret, and then choose one randomly from the box when they arrive.
Go big or go gnome. Get that woodland scene. IT CHARMS ME. Get paisley in your life some other way.
YES THIS. THE GNOMES!
This! That case would be my top choice because it reminds me of a 1950s-1960s era vintage cookbook, which I love.
The I hate to cook book! Am I right?
This is how persuasive you are: this comment came in, and within 30 seconds I had ordered the gnome case. (And also the rampant cute one.)
(I’m probably going to order more, too, because of Liz’s comment about “dressing” the phone each day, which is so charming I can hardly stand it.)
HEART EYES!!!
Liz, your words are ringing in my ears. I now own TWO cases for dressing my phone. Why wouldn’t one dress one’s phone!!! :) Great idea.
During the Pumpkin Spice Latte season, my 11-yo daughter made me (encouraged me, she is not the boss of me) to get a Latte-themed phone case. She would have insisted I get a Christmas one, too, but I refused to take her to Claire’s during that time of year. What I’m saying is, I think we change our phone cases regularly now, to go with our outfits or the seasons or whatever. So you can get several of your faves and rotate them! Problem solved, you’re welcome!
You are an interesting case study with where you demand internet security and where you would prefer stronger algorithms/data collection on your preferences to improve the customer experience. I’d love for you to write more about your philosophy on this.
I’m not going to speak for Swistle, but my philosophy on this is, I don’t want Amazon following me around when I’m not shopping on Amazon. But when I AM shopping on Amazon, I want them to take note of what I’m looking for (and what my taste is based on what I’m clearly admiring enough to put in my shopping cart during this and previous visits) and understand their stock well enough to suggest items to me that fit what I’m looking for.
It’s not that hard, and in fact, they used to be terrific at that. Now, not so much.
And it’s our browsers, too. Google sells our searches to advertisers. Agree with Liz, it’s great inside a shopping experience, not so great across the entire internet.
Recently got bombarded with metastatic breast cancer therapy ads after dealing with some related but noncancer issues online. It’s intrusive and manipulative.
Yes, this is how I feel too!
BUY THEM ALL. Undress your phone when you plug it in at night, and then dress it in the morning with the outfit that goes with that day’s activities.
And may I just say, please, that your descriptions had me actually laughing out loud here at my desk and it’s a darned good thing I’m working from home today.
“DRESS IT IN THE MORNING.” This is so charming. I can just see myself getting dressed, and then dressing my phone.
That makes me so happy.
I vote for this. also Snort Laugh at “WHITHER PERTINENT SUGGESTION, AMAZON??”
Swistle blue! You neeeeeeed the Swistle blue one!
OMG EARLY CHILHOOD
Earth tones, calico, and paisley? Wrap me in a prairie dress YES!
PRAIRIE DRESS, YES
Ordered. Nostalgia loop complete!
Hooray!!
If I was going to buy a case FOR you (or for me) my absolute favorite is the one that says Colorful Tree Butterfly, followed by the swistle blue, followed by pink paisley, followed by the first green one, followed by the super cute, uh….cat dog butterfly? And then the last one and then the blue paisley and then the godspell paisley and then the swistle’s childhood couch paisley.
In case what you were looking for was your options ranked, by me.
IT ABSOLUTELY WAS
AND I SEE THAT YOU GOT MY FAVORITE ONE GOOD JOB I COMMEND YOU
I’d buy them all and switch them out every month. I have several that I rotate though and I love it.
Post request:
Musicals as phone cases
(Do you ever shop at MochiThings? It’s my favorite site for cute office supply browsing. It’s not cheap but they do have sales a few times each year.)
Oh my gosh, such cute stuff!!
I LOL’d at Godspell. I think “Rent” and “Cats” would both make good phone cases. (The Edward Gorey drawings of cats from the TS Eliot book! On a phone!)
How about Chicago? HE HAD IT COMING
YESSSSSS. “You know, some guys just can’t take their arsenic.”
I am now completely dissatisfied with my blah phone case and eagerly anticipating a search for a new one!!
How about West Side Story- gorgeous colors in the movie version and the LYRICS… “I like the island Manhattan. Smoke on your pipe and put that in!” “It’s alarming how charming I feel”
Ooh. I love the rampant cute one. I wish I were not so hard on phones. Boring body armor seems to be my only option. I will live through your choices.
This is why I come here: totally everyday life lived out with such charm and wit and lively/lovely commenters about subjects like phone cases! I love it so much! And now I am super excited for a new phone this summer and to get to choose a new case (cases! Multiple! Obv!)
Totally the reason I come here, only I didn’t know how to verbalise it, thank you.
Okay, I seriously love the floral pink paisley, but the rampant cuteness and the penguins with balloons are to swoon for too and for me would have the edge!
The Swistle Blue one gets my vote!
Green is one of my favorite colors, too and it is Such An Easy Color to Get Wrong! The right shade(s) of green is so difficult to find!
But the penguins! With balloons! ADORABLE!!!!
My husband has several cases that he switches out according to mood. Definitely an option.
I’m intrigued! Do you tread carefully when you see he’s got his “bad mood” phone case in use? I wish my husband came with a visual warning system!
I can not believe you did not get the one that has PENGUINS WITH BALLOONS. I don’t even need a new case and I just put that one in my cart.
I don’t know why I am so late here – I think prom and all the volleyball tournaments this weekend that were far from home had me distracted. I do love the Swistle blue one, the rampant cute one is super fun, and the gnome one is great. So, does the phone case open and have a spot for credit cards and cash? I still use the boring protective case thing.
Yes, space for credit cards and cash. I love it for when I don’t want to bring my whole purse but I still want my driver’s license, credit card, and my emergency $20.
I came here to tell you that the gnome one LEAPT out at me and gave me a little heart-squeeze as the Most Swistle phone case of all time, and I’m so pleased to discover per the comments that you have purchased it.
DEAR GOD, I WOULD BUY THEM ALL and die in a surfeit of phone-case wonderfulness.
My favourite colours are indigo blue and apple green and I find it very hard not to buy anything I find in those colours. I meant to look up one of the green ones you posted last time. Fortunate for my wallet that I’m forgetful and prone to procrastination, I guess.
Unrelated to phone cases, I am eagerly awaiting a 2019 Mother’s Day update.
My husband didn’t wish me happy mother’s day this morning because he didn’t want to draw attention to the fact that his last minute shopping trip fell through and he was empty handed. But I don’t care if he’s empty handed; I need him to be full-hearted, and 11th Hour Consumerism will not save him there. He is now in possession of a list of holidays he’s responsible for, and what actually makes me happy. None of it is available at Target. (If only extra sleep were available at Target. I’d even pay full price.)
So anxious to hear how Swistle’s Mother’s Day went!! Fingers crossed it was worlds better than last year!!